Ribbon loom with a weft insertion needle
AssigneeTextilma AG
InventorAnton Probst
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Abstract
A thread insertion needle for a ribbon weaving machine includes a needle body and a bracket, enclosing the needle body and having two parallel legs disposed on opposite sides of the needle body and forming with the needle body two slots, and a connector section connecting the two legs, with the connector being spaced from the needle body tip and defining with the body tip a free space for receiving therein filling threads for inserting them into a shed in addition to a filling thread received in the recess formed in the needle body tip.
Claims3
A thread insertion needle for a ribbon weaving machine for inserting a plurality of filling threads, the thread insertion needle comprising:
- a needle body having a tip and a recess formed in the tip for receiving one of the plurality of filling threads;
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- a bracket enclosing the needle body and having two parallel legs disposed on opposite sides of the needle body and forming therewith two slots, and a connector section connecting the two legs, the connector section being spaced from the tip and defining therewith a free space for receiving therein other of the plurality of filling threads.
A ribbon waving machine, comprising a thread insertion needle for inserting a plurality of filling threads, said needle having:
- a needle body having a tip and a recess formed in the tip for receiving one of the plurality of filling threads, and
- a bracket enclosing the needle body and having two parallel legs disposed on opposite sides of the needle body and forming therewith two slots, and a connector section connecting the two legs, the connector section being spaced from the tip and defining therewith a free space for receiving therein other of the plurality of filling threads;
- and means for reciprocating the thread insertion needle for inserting the plurality of filling threads into a shed, and
- wherein an opening plane of the two slots lies transversely to a motion plane of the thread insertion needle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.